Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Baja is hot right now—both weather-wise and as a travel destination. Cabo San Lucas is an easy flight for West Coasters, making it ideal for a quick weekend vacation. Head to where the Pacific meets the Sea of Cortez, at an iconic rock formation called El Arco, adjacent to Cabo's famous Lover's Beach. Stay at The Cape, A Thompson Hotel, which is right on the sea, artfully styled from corridor to corridor. And if that doesn't convince you, it also has a fine-dining restaurant that one of Mexico's most famous chefs, Enrique Olvera, marshals. 

[Photo courtesy The Cape]

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